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Great Britain: Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee for India

Great Britain: Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee for IndiaGreat Britain: Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee for India
Great Britain: Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee for IndiaGreat Britain: Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee for India
Great Britain: Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee for IndiaGreat Britain: Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee for India
Form: Circular
By: Obverse after L.C. Wyon
Date: 1897
Ref:  BHM: 3591; MYB: 299B; Laidlaw: 0138b;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
38.2 mmSilver. Proof-Like25.0 gm$270
38.3 mmCopper-Bronze20.8 gm$40
38.2 mmWhite Metal16.5 gm$20

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: Silver medal with toothed rim. Within a beaded border round the rim, veiled and diademed head of Queen Victoria, left. Legend: “VICTORIA, QUEEN AND EMPRESS”. Rose at the foot.

Reverse: Silver medal with toothed rim. Within a laurel wreath surmounted by the Royal coat of arms and anchored at the base by the Star of India, the emblem of British India, across: “TO COMMEMORATE / THE SIXTIETH YEAR / OF THE REIGN / OF H.M. QUEEN / VICTORIA / 1897”.

Notes: A similar silver medal (but 34 mm) is listed in MYB which reports that it it was issued to civil and military personnel associated with the Diamond Jubilee celebrations in India. It is not known if this issue did in fact take place. It is believed that some of the silver medals have a claw attachment for a ring to a corded white ribbon suspended from a brooch bar.

A similar but heavier silver medal (Laidlaw 0138a) was issued to Zulu chiefs in Natal, South Africa.